Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection
Unknown Artist
1900–1916
Medium
Rubbing, ink on paper
Dimensions
78.7 × 174 cm · rubbing only: 64.1 × 123.2 cm
Classification
Miscellaneous
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Yamanaka & Company
Accession Number
1919.76
About this artwork
Figures, birds, and a chariot depicted in three registers correspond to a stone relief from the east wall of the front stone chamber in the Wu Liang shrine: the top register shows a procession with a horse carriage; the second has scenes of filial piety; the third presents a banquet scene. However, missing inscribed labels to identify the scenes and a carriage replaced by two figures in the lower left corner reveal that this rubbing differs from the Wu Liang shrine version. The museum’s rubbing ...